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Book J  Frank Dobie

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cody Memorial Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 14 pages

Download or read book J Frank Dobie written by Cody Memorial Library and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book J  Frank Dobie

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  • Author : Cody Memorial Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 16 pages

Download or read book J Frank Dobie written by Cody Memorial Library and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book J  Frank Dobie Number

Download or read book J Frank Dobie Number written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book J  Frank Dobie

Download or read book J Frank Dobie written by Steven L. Davis and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Texas-based writer to gain national attention, J. Frank Dobie proved that authentic writing springs easily from the native soil of Texas and the Southwest. In best-selling books such as Tales of Old-Time Texas, Coronado's Children, and The Longhorns, Dobie captured the Southwest's folk history, which was quickly disappearing as the United States became ever more urbanized and industrial. Renowned as "Mr. Texas," Dobie paradoxically has almost disappeared from view—a casualty of changing tastes in literature and shifts in social and political attitudes since the 1960s. In this lively biography, Steven L. Davis takes a fresh look at a J. Frank Dobie whose "liberated mind" set him on an intellectual journey that culminated in Dobie becoming a political liberal who fought for labor, free speech, and civil rights well before these causes became acceptable to most Anglo Texans. Tracing the full arc of Dobie's life (1888–1964), Davis shows how Dobie's insistence on "free-range thinking" led him to such radical actions as calling for the complete integration of the University of Texas during the 1940s, as well as taking on governors, senators, and the FBI (which secretly investigated him) as Texas's leading dissenter during the McCarthy era.

Book Remarks by Frank H  Wardlaw at the Funeral of J  Frank Dobie

Download or read book Remarks by Frank H Wardlaw at the Funeral of J Frank Dobie written by Frank Harper Wardlaw and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary Catalog of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library written by William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Writings of J  Frank Dobie

Download or read book The Writings of J Frank Dobie written by Mary Louise McVicker and published by Lawton [Okla.] : Museum of the Great Plains. This book was released on 1968 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bibliography of the writings of J. Frank Dobie has been needed for a number of years by libraries, students, and collectors of Dobie material. This definitive compilation by Mary Louise McVicker fills that need. While unquestionably some new items will appear, this bibliography, with subsequent revisions, will remain as the permanent listing of this unique author's contributions to the colorful history and legend of the Southwest. J. Frank Dobie encouraged both Miss McVicker and the Museum of the Great Plains in their endeavors to see this bibliography in print -- Book jacket.

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1965
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1192 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Folkloristics

Download or read book American Folkloristics written by Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dead Right

Download or read book Dead Right written by C. R. Caldwell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Longhorns

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  • Author : James Frank Dobie
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book The Longhorns written by James Frank Dobie and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book San Antonio

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  • Author : San Antonio Express-News
  • Publisher : Trinity University Press
  • Release : 2015-10-19
  • ISBN : 1595347569
  • Pages : 1620 pages

Download or read book San Antonio written by San Antonio Express-News and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 1620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Sept. 27, 1865, the San Antonio Express-News made its debut. And from the beginning, there was plenty to write about. The Civil War had just concluded, and it was only twenty-nine years after the fall of the Alamo. The Chisholm Trail, the high road of the Cattle Kingdom, began in San Antonio, which was the largest and among the most diverse cities in Texas. Spanish, German, and English were commonly spoken. The politics were lively and sometimes divisive, as the city was full of Unionist sympathizers in a state that was an anchor of the Confederacy. Today, 150 years later, San Antonio is America’s fastest-growing big city and still making history. San Antonio is a richly illustrated compilation of more than 150 years of coverage on the history and culture of the city, as told in the pages of the San Antonio Express-News. From local politics to news stories on the military, energy, water use, the border and immigration that reverberate nationally and internationally, to the recent naming of San Antonio’s five Spanish missions as a World Heritage site, the city has always been a place where the American identity is forged. This book tracks the city's past from 1865 until 2015 and is full of evocative pictures and compelling accounts culled from the Express-News archives. The collection celebrates companies that shaped the city, such as Frost Bank, which began extending credit in 1867; the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, founders in 1869 of what is now the Christus Santa Rosa Health System and subsequently their namesake university; and H-E-B grocery. This is not a standard civic history or a straightforward march through the decades. Loosely organized by theme, the stories in the collection are often quite often surprising, just like San Antonio itself. As anyone who has spent time in the city knows, this is a place with a soul.

Book Great River

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Horgan
  • Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
  • Release : 2014-06-01
  • ISBN : 0819573604
  • Pages : 1041 pages

Download or read book Great River written by Paul Horgan and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize– and Bancroft Prize–winning epic history of the American Southwest from the acclaimed twentieth-century author of Lamy of Santa Fe. Great River was hailed as a literary masterpiece and enduring classic when it first appeared in 1954. It is an epic history of four civilizations—Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American—that people the Southwest through ten centuries. With the skill of a novelist, the veracity of a scholar, and the love of a long-time resident, Paul Horgan describes the Rio Grande, its role in human history, and the overlapping cultures that have grown up alongside it or entered into conflict over the land it traverses. Now in its fourth revised edition, Great River remains a monumental part of American historical writing. “Here is known and unknown history, emotion and color, sense and sensitivity, battles for land and the soul of man, cultures and moods, fused by a glowing pen and a scholarly mind into a cohesive and memorable whole.” —The Boston Sunday Herald “Transcends regional history and soars far above the river valley with which it deals . . . a survey, rich in color and fascinating in pictorial detail, of four civilizations: the aboriginal Indian, the Spanish, the Mexican, and the Anglo-American . . . It is, in the best sense of the word, literature. It has architectural plan, scholarly accuracy, stylistic distinction, and not infrequently real nobility of spirit.” —Allan Nevins, author of Ordeal of the Union “One of the major masterpieces of American historical writing.” —Carl Carmer, author of Stars Fell on Alabama

Book Texas Cemeteries

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  • Author : Bill Harvey
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2010-01-01
  • ISBN : 0292779348
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Texas Cemeteries written by Bill Harvey and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Journalistic Achievement Award, Texas Historical Foundation, 2004 From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing mausoleum, every marker in a Texas cemetery bears witness to a life that—in ways small or large—helped shape the history and culture of the state. Telling the stories of some of these significant lives is the purpose of this book. Within its pages, you'll meet not only the heroes of the Texas Revolution, for example, but also one of the great African American cowboys of the traildriving era (Bose Ikard) and the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office (Annie Webb Blanton). Visiting cemeteries from every era and all regions of the state, Bill Harvey recounts the histories of famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Texans who lie at rest in Texas cemeteries. The book is organized alphabetically by city for easy reference. For each city, Harvey lists one or more cemeteries, giving their location and history, if significant. At the heart of the book are his profiles of the noteworthy people buried in each cemetery. They include not only famous but also lesser-known and even unknown Texans who made important contributions to the state in the arts, sports, business, military service, politics—truly every area of communal life. For those who want to visit these resting places, Harvey also includes tips on finding cemeteries, locating gravesites, and taking good photographs. Spend time with him in the graveyards of Texas, and you'll soon appreciate what fascinating stories the silent stones can tell.

Book J  Frank Dobie

Download or read book J Frank Dobie written by Winston Bode and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROSE AND PHOTOGRAPHS MAKE UP THE COLORFUL LIFE IN REVIEW OF J. FRANK DOBIE, THE IMMORTAL PATRIARCH OF TEXAS LETTERS. HE IS PICTURED IN A VARIETY OF ADJECTIVES SUCH AS SCHOOLBOY, TEACHER, SUITOR, SOLDIER, RANCHER, WRITER, STORYHUNTER, HUMORIST, ICONOCLAST, AND PHILOSOPHER.

Book Corners of Texas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
  • Publisher : University of North Texas Press
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 9780929398570
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Corners of Texas written by Francis Edward Abernethy and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best of the Society's papers over the past three years—from lynchings to el pato boat building; from sunbonnets to hammered dulcimers; from jokes about droughts and lawyers to tales of folk, gospel and blues music; from gravemarkers to bottle trees, and more.